Kirin Kiki

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Born

1943-01-15

Place of Birth

Tokyo, Japan
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Kirin Kiki

Biography

Kirin Kiki (樹木 希林 Kiki Kirin) (15 January 1943 – 15 September 2018) was a Japanese actress known for her work in Japanese cinema and television.

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Acting History

2025
Tales of the Bizarre: 35th Anniversary Special
2019
Kiki Kirin's Life as self
2019
Erica 38 as Erica's Mother
2019
Cherry Blossoms & Demons as Yus Großmutter
2018
Every Day a Good Day as Teacher Takeda
2018
Shoplifters as Hatsue Shibata
2018
Mori, The Artist's Habitat as Hideko
2017
Kiki Kirin's Izakaya Grandma
2017
Life is Fruity as Narrator
2016
After the Storm as Yoshiko Shinoda
2015
Mystery Trilogy Special as Kirika Ohmori (segment "A Mystery Writer's Daily Life")
2015
Our Little Sister as Fumiyo Kikuchi
2015
Sweet Bean as Tokue
2015
Kakekomi as Genbei
2014
This Mystery is Excellent! ~ Challenge from Bestseller Writer as 大森キリカ (案内人)
2013
Like Father, Like Son as Riko Ishizeki
2013
Promise: The Nabari Poisoned Wine Case, The Life of a Death-row Inmate
2012
Until the Break of Dawn as Aiko Shibuya
2012
Chronicle of My Mother as Yae
2012
Hanezu as Takumi's Mother
2011
I Wish as Hideko
2011
A Honeymoon in Hell: Mr. & Mrs. Oki's Fabulous Trip as fortune teller
2011
Hokaibito: Ina no Seigetsu as Narrator (voice)
2010
Ghost as Unten Sazuki
2010
Villain as Fusae Shimizu
2010
The Secret World of Arrietty as Haru (voice)
2010
Two Portraits of MIYAGINO as Madam
2009
Making 'Still Walking' as Self
2008
The Short Films Everyone started out as a child
2008
Still Walking as Toshiko Yokoyama
2007
Dots and Lines
2007
Kagerou no Tsuji as Oichi
2007
Dog in a Sidecar as Granny Tome
2007
Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad as Eiko Nakagawa
2006
Red Whale, White Snake
2006
Our War
2005
Tokyo Tower
2005
Natsumeke no Shokutaku
2004
Izo as Izo's Mother
2004
The Taste of Tea as Obaa
2004
Fireflies: River of Light as Headmistress
2004
Kamikaze Girls as Momoko's Grandmother
2004
Half a Confession as Yasuko Shimamura
2003
Teacher's suitcase as Sensei's ex-wife
2002
Through the Night
2002
Inochi as Mother
2002
Returner as Xia
2001
Pistol Opera as Rin
2001
Cardboard House Girl
2001
Tokyo Marigold as Ritsuko Sakai
2000
The Whispered City as Fan of Kyushiro
2000
Aoi: Tokugawa Three Generations as Lady Kasuga [Iemitsu's wet nurse]
1999
Keiho as Defence Counsel Shigure Nagamura
1997
Magnitude: Bridge to Tomorrow
1997
The Best Bad Thing as Aunt Hata
1997
Hissatsu shimatsunin as Otora
1997
Fireworks, Ferris Wheels and Love as Sanae Mita
1996
Oishinbo as Tome
1995
Mitabi no kaikyô
1995
The Mystery of Rampo as House Wife / Head of Maid
1995
Toki no kagayaki as Nagashima
1994
Sakura as Fumi
1993
Rex: A Dinosaur's Story
1993
Yearning as Omatsu
1993
Korekara: Umibe no Tabibitotachi
1992
The Triple Cross
1992
Ritsuko: Her Love, Her Death
1992
The Games Teachers Play as Yasuko Takeda
1991
The Voyage Of Little Sinbad
1991
Private Detective Dobu
1991
Kim's War
1991
Kimi no na wa as 深野柳子
1991
War and Youth as Etsuko Onoki
1991
Rainbow Kids as Kura 'Ku-chan' Nakamura
1990
Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen
1990
ママ母戦争
1990
As If In Flight as 天璋院付き老女・幾島
1989
Misty Kid of Wind – The Glass Cape as Otane
1988
Crane as Yura
1988
Remembrance as Mine Kamioka
1987
An Early Autumn
1987
冷たいのがお好き as Harue Hashimoto
1987
森繁久彌の七人の孫
1986
Hanekonma as Yae Tachibana
1986
The Ballad of the Sea of Genkai
1985
Yume-Chiyo
1985
Miss Lonely as Terue Amano
1985
Song of the Spring Pony
1985
Capone Cries a Lot as Sene Tachikawa
1983
Private Detective DOBU 6: The Origami Murder Case
1983
Amagi Pass as Ryosaku's wife
1983
Private Detective DOBU 5: The Pinwheel Murder Case
1983
Private Detective DOBU 4: The Mysterious Kite Murders Case
1982
Highschool Scramble
1982
Private Detective DOBU 3: The Exile Island Murder Case
1982
Private Detective DOBU 2: The Kyoto Murder Case
1982
I Are You, You Am Me as Naoko Saitoh
1982
Karate Cop as Sumi Yashiro
1981
The Wild Daisy as Omasu
1981
Yumechiyo Nikki
1981
Return of the Champ as Tomoe
1981
Private Detective DOBU 1
1980
The First Catch
1980
Nurse's Husband
1980
Zigeunerweisen as Kimi
1979
Heaven Sent
1979
The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi
1979
Down with The Big Boss as Okonomiyaki Manager
1979
Taro the Dragon Boy as Yamanba (voice)
1978
Prime Minister of Yuhigaoka
1978
Truck Rascals: Another Odyssey of Momojiro
1977
Crocodile, Parrot and Fur Seal as Mary
1977
Ballad of Orin as Tama Ichise
1977
Female Teacher as Yuriko Yokoyama(横山百合子)
1977
Tomorrow Evening
1977
Kimagure Honkakuha as Ijuuin Ayano
1976
Sachiko no sachi as Momoe
1976
The Sea of Eden
1975
The Viper Brothers and the Young General
1975
Without Complaint as Haruko Kitani
1974
Statue in Fire
1974
The Four Roughnecks
1974
Jack and the Beanstalk as Madam Noir
1974
Akumyo: Notorious Dragon
1974
Red Paper Lantern
1974
Terauchi Kantarō Ikka
1972
My Voiceless Friends as Maid
1971
Go As Messy As Messy Can Be as PTA Mama
1970
Ōedo Sōsamō
1970
Live My Share, Mother as Nurse Okamura
1970
Tora-san, His Tender Love as Maid in Shinshû
1969
Crazy Big Explosion
1968
Angel's Lover
1968
Nunnery Confidential
1967
Journey
1966
Koto—The Lake of Tears as Kayo Sugumo
1966
Dynamite Doctor Returns as Fumiko (as Chiho Yûki)
1966
3 Raccoon Dogs as Midori
1966
Dianas of the Campus
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Zoku Yumechiyo Nikki as Kikun